Alur Jilapi Pitha / Potato Pretzel

Alur Jilapi Pitha / Potato Pretzel is deep-frying potato, flour and milk pretzel shapes, which are then soaked in sugar syrup for 4-5 hours. It tastes close to Golap jam(lal mohon). Potato is a unusual ingredient for sweet. Trust me you wil love the result. You can give guessing game for your family (what is the ingredient). Enjoy.

Ingredients:

For Dough:

1 cup boiled potato

½ cup milk powder

½ cup flour

1 tablespoon semolina

2 tablespoons ghee

1 teaspoon milk

½ teaspoon cardamom powder

1/8 teaspoon baking powder

Oil for deep fry

For Syrup:

3 cups sugar

2 cups water

How to make:

Boil sugar and water together and make the syrup. Keep aside the syrup, we need lukewarm syrup.

Mash potato and mix with rest of ingredients except ghee and milk. For making smooth dough use milk as needed. Add ghee and knead well.

Divide the dough 16 balls. Make each dough into long tubular (cylinder) shape with about 7 ̋ long and fold like picture: secure (seal) with bit water.

Heat the oil on medium heat and when oil ready, fry it on low to medium heat till it becomes brown.

Remove from oil and soak in syrup for 4-5 hours.

Enjoy Alur Jilapi Pitha / Potato Pretzel.

Tips:

Make sure no lumps in potato. I prefer to grate boiled potato and mash it.

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